Online Scheduling for Church
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
Technology is always a big factor in improving the daily lives and the way people do business and other services. New technology especially is a prime mover in moving business forward; making things more efficient that makes it possible for the services to satisfy their consumers more. Technology does not just make things more efficient for businesses, it also benefits the environment since less paper is used less and less travel is required because new technology allows for easier and faster communication. Internet allowed people to communicate more using less because it is transmitted electronically, eliminating the need for printed letters and manual delivery systems.
The Victoria United Methodist Church is one of the big churches in Victoria, Tarlac. It is located at San Nicolas Victoria, Tarlac. The United Methodist Church seeks to create disciples for Christ through outreach, evangelism, and through seeking holiness, also called sanctification, by the power of the Holy Spirit. The flame in the church logo represents the work of the Holy Spirit in the world, and the two parts of the flame also represent the predecessor denominations, the Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren, united at the base symbolizing the 1968 merger. The secretary of this church used a hand written log book for the members to schedule their events. It also consume more time to the secretary to write manually. The pen-and-paper method is the old way of scheduling appointments for a workgroup, in which all scheduling is funnelled through an appointments secretary with a central calendar. In this model, the people whose time is being booked must check in regularly to find out what their schedule is, and to let the secretary know what times are unavailable. With large workgroups or very busy schedules, this system can rapidly become untenable. Their major problem, regarding the time consumed when a customer is asking for specific date they need.
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INTRODUCTION
Technology is always a big factor in improving the daily lives and the way people do business and other services. New technology especially is a prime mover in moving business forward; making things more efficient that makes it possible for the services to satisfy their consumers more. Technology does not just make things more efficient for businesses, it also benefits the environment since less paper is used less and less travel is required because new technology allows for easier and faster communication. Internet allowed people to communicate more using less because it is transmitted electronically, eliminating the need for printed letters and manual delivery systems.
The Victoria United Methodist Church is one of the big churches in Victoria, Tarlac. It is located at San Nicolas Victoria, Tarlac. The United Methodist Church seeks to create disciples for Christ through outreach, evangelism, and through seeking holiness, also called sanctification, by the power of the Holy Spirit. The flame in the church logo represents the work of the Holy Spirit in the world, and the two parts of the flame also represent the predecessor denominations, the Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren, united at the base symbolizing the 1968 merger. The secretary of this church used a hand written log book for the members to schedule their events. It also consume more time to the secretary to write manually. The pen-and-paper method is the old way of scheduling appointments for a workgroup, in which all scheduling is funnelled through an appointments secretary with a central calendar. In this model, the people whose time is being booked must check in regularly to find out what their schedule is, and to let the secretary know what times are unavailable. With large workgroups or very busy schedules, this system can rapidly become untenable. Their major problem, regarding the time consumed when a customer is asking for specific date they need.
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